A group of environmental activists and residents of San Francisco’s Bayview and Hunters Point neighborhood rallied outside of a federal courthouse Thursday ahead of a hearing on a lawsuit over radioactive waste cleanup at the shuttered Hunters Point Naval Shipyard.

Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, a nonprofit that advocates for environmental justice in low-income communities, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Navy in June 2024 alleging inadequate cleanup of radioactive waste at the shipyard.

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.